Bust-reducing brassiere



' May 6 a L.. M. BENDER BUST REDUCING BRASSIERE Filed May 1 1922 2Sheets-Sheet 1 May 6 1924. 1,492,953

L. M. BENDER BUST REDUCING BRAssIfiRE Filed y 17' 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2#vyv TOR. /7Z

Fatent May a, 1924.

BUST- some nmssmain Application filed Stay 17, 1922. Serial No. 561,774.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LILLIAN M. Banana,

- a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of SanFrancisco and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bust-Reducing Brassieres, of which the following is a secification. I

, he present invention relates to that class of ladies.underwaists'intended to be worn for reducing the size of abnormallydeveloped busts, while, at the same time, afiording thereto acomfortably yielding support.

The object of the invention'is to provide a simple one-piece seamlessunderwaist of the character specified, constructed of sheetrubber, or anequivalent elastic material, impervious to moisture, fitted to the formand supplied with the necessary means for its proper securement andadjustment tothe general form and seamless character of the waist. I

.Figure 3 is a rear elevation, showin the means rovided forsecurementand a just-' ment 0 the brassiere, when in place.

Referring more" articularly to. the drawings, 1 represents t e elasticbody portion'of' my brassiere. 2 the bust cavities thereof, 3 rubberizedfabric strips cemented to the edges of the back opening therein and towhich are secured fabric strips 4 bearing eyelets 5, 6 rubberizedshoulder tabs cemented to reinforced sections .9 of the body portion, 7fabric shoulder straps secured to said tabs, 8 means through whichattachment may be made to a separate garment,

cementing or vulcanizing,

lly described, and the and 9' areinforcement as applied to a particularsection of the brassiere.

The material constituting the body portion of the brassiere' is,preferably,'of sheet rubber, from which blanks are cut and thenformedover properly prepared molds and baked to cause the form toretain shapereceived from mold.

Since it is found to be practically impossible to unite directly theeyelet-bearing fabric strips to the rubber body portion, with any degreeof permanency, owingto the elasticity of the latter,'a rubberized fabricis employed to connect the one with the other. Being rubberized, thisfabric-may be joined to the rubber body portion by either while otherfabrics may be joinedto it by any one of a number of means. I

The eflicacy of the brassiere, as constituted, as a bust reducing mediumis due, in part, to a compression lowered circulation and a consequentlylessened deposit of fatty tissue, and, in part, to tissue eliminationthrough an induced and increased perspiration.

I claim:

1. A brassiere comprising a body portion of sheet rubber the frontportion thereof being molded to conform to and compress the bust of aperson, the back portion thereof being provided with an opening, stripsof rubberized fabric cemented to the opposed edges of the opening,fabric strips stitched to the rubberized fabric strips, said last namedstrips having eyelets therein.

2. A brassiere comprising a body portion of sheet rubber, the frontportion being adapted to conform to i and compress the bust of a person,the back ortlon being formed with an opening exten ing vertically theentire length thereof, the strips of rubberized fabric,non-weakenin'gfastening means securing said strips'to the edges of said0 uing, non-rubberized fabric strips secure to said first named strips,said last named strips being rovided with means whereby the edges 0 theopening may be brought together.

3.1 brassiere comprising a body portion of elastic, impervious tomoisture, flexible material openin in the back, and adapted to conformto an compress the bust of the 6 wearer, rubberized fabric stripscemented to the edges of the back opening, non-rubberized fabric stripshaving eyelets therein stitched to the edges of the rubberized fabricstrips, rubberized fabric tabs cemented to the upper edges of the bodyportion and non 1 rubberized fabric shoulder straps stitched to thetabs.

LILLIAN M. BENDER.

